2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD Complaints

BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED. LEFT REAR LINE BUSTED WHILE GOING 60 MPH AND LOST ALL BRAKING ABILITY. LUCKILY I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO APPLY MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! *TR

THIS WAS NOT A WRECK BUT COULD HAVE BEEN. COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE ON MY TRUCK. LINES COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. GOOGLED THIS AND HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS. CHEVY DOES NOT MAKE THE LINES ANYMORE AND HAVE REDESIGNED THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON 2004 UP TRUCKS. $3100 TO REPLACE IF YOU CAN FIND THEM. NOW I'M STUCK WITH A TRUCK THAT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER. THANK GOD IT WAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO SLAM IT INTO 4WD AND PUT TRANS IN LOW THEN NEUTRAL AND THEN RAN OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID A COLLISION. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY SILERADO/K1500...IN NOVEMEBER 2012 A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AND I HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED INTO THE CHEVY DEALER IN PARAMUS WHERE I LIVE...OVER THE HOLIDAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO A DIFFERENT BRAKE LINE...THE DEALER TOLD ME HE WAS DOIDN A SINILAR JOB ON A CAR FROM THAT YEAR OF VEHICLES....IT APPEARS THE BRAKE LINES CAN RUPTURE LEVING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT BRAKESTHE DEALER IS ORDERING ME A STAINLESS STEEL KIT ...NOT FROM CHEVY OR GM BUT THIS SHOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM AS HE EXPECTS THE REST OF THE BRAKE LINES WILL ALSO FAIL SOON.... CHEVY NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THESE FAULTY BRAKE LINESBEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT. *TR

PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL GOING OVER A HILL AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. PUMPING PEDAL DID NOT HELP TO BUILD ANY PRESSURE. PULLED OFF THE ROAD BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY AND FLUID WAS ALL UNDER LEFT REAR OF TRUCK. MECHANIC INSPECTED RUPTURE IN FACTORY STEEL LINE AND ALL OTHER LINES RUSTED. *TR

WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO CREEP FORWARD TOWARD PEOPLE IN THE CROSSWALK. DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL FURTHER RESULTED IN IT FADING, ENDING IN A FULLY DEPRESSED POSITION WITH NO MORE PEDAL TRAVEL AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD INTO THE CROSSWALK. PLACING THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL STOPPED VEHICLE MOVEMENT. AFTER STOPPING AND INSPECTING UNDER THE HOOD AND UNDER THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE SHOWED LEAKING BRAKE FLUID FROM ONE OF THE METALLIC BRAKE LINES SERVING THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL GM DEALER AND PLACING IT ON THE SERVICE RACK, INSPECTION SHOWED THAT ALL THE METALLIC BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE LINE SURFACE. THE RIGHT FRONT LINE DISINTEGRATED TO THE POINT WHERE THE LINE SEPARATED WHILE CHECKING THE CONDITION OF THE LINE. THE OTHER BRAKES LINES ARE RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE FAILURE IS IMMINENT. ALL THE METALLIC BRAKE LINES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER, DOWN TO THE ABS CONTROL MODULE AND THEN OUT TO EACH BRAKE CALIPER MUST BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM CREATED A SERIOUS SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN BODILY INJURY TO THE PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK. WITHOUT PLACING THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL IT WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN. IN ADDITION TO THE BRAKE LINES, THE FUEL LINES SHOW EXCESSIVE RUST AS WELL. THE DEALER DOES NOT RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL LINES AT THIS TIME, BUT REPLACEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *TR

I WAS COMING TO THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WASN'T PROVIDING ANY STOPPING POWER. THE END OF OUR DRIVEWAY HAS AN INCLINE AND I WAS ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BEFORE TRAVELING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I CHECKED THE BRAKE RESERVOIR TANK AND IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY. I ADDED MORE BRAKE FLUID AND UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, FLUID WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. IT WAS DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND ALSO FROM SOME PLACE FURTHER BACK ON THE TRUCK. I COULDN'T VERIFY WHETHER THE SOURCE NEAR THE BACK WAS A SEPARATE LEAK. ALL FOUR OF THE BRAKE LINES HAVE SIGNIFICANT RUST AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY NOT DRIVE-ABLE BECAUSE ANY NEW BRAKE FLUID IS IMMEDIATELY LEAKING OUT AND NOT PROVIDING ANY RESISTANCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. I'VE CHECKED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS AND THEY ARE STILL IN ALMOST NEW CONDITION. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IN MY OPINION AND YET SEEMS VERY COMMON WITH THIS LINE OF TRUCKS IF YOU CHECK THIS FORUM AND OTHERS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. HTTP://WWW.CHEVYTALK.ORG/FUSIONBB/SHOWTOPIC.PHP?TID/274830/ *TR

LOST POWER TO ENGINE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. FAULT ON DASH SHOWED (REDUCED ENGINE POWER). PULLED TO SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO RESTART ENGINE TO NO AVAIL. AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES ENGINE STARTED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON FOR A FEW DAYS. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND HAVE STILL BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. IT WILL SOMETIMES DRIVE FOR A FEW DAYS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM, BUT SOME DAYS IT WILL OCCUR 10 OR MORE TIMES IN A DAY. I HAVE BEEN ON SEVERAL WEBSITES ONLY TO SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM EVEN ON DIFFERENT MODELS AND YEAR VEHICLE'S. THIS COULD AND MAY WELL HAVE CAUSED DEATHLY AUTO ACCIDENTS. I HAVE LOOKED FOR A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIND ONE. MY QUESTION IS, "ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO RECALL EFFECTED VEHICLES FOR THE ISSUE OF "REDUCED ENGINE POWER?" PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS ASAP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONCERN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD UPON ENGAGEMENT. THERE WAS ALSO A DELAYED RESPONSE IN THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

ON THE LISTED DATE, WHILE IN TRAFFIC, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND WARNING SENSORS CHIMED NOTIFYING ME MY BRAKES ARE FAILING. I PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED MY BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR AND FOUND IT EMPTY. I INSPECTED THE LINES AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING BEHIND MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL. I FILLED THE RESERVOIR AND BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC. UPON INSPECTION, THE LINE ATTACHED TO THE ABS WAS LEAKING AND COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE OTHER LINES WERE INSPECTED AND MY MECHANIC NOTED THAT THE LINES LOOKED AS THOUGH THEY WERE ON A 30 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN WHICH IS GOING TO COST ME A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY FIX. THANKFULLY I WAS THE ONE DRIVING AND NOT MY WIFE OR KIDS. *TR

I LOSS ALL MY BRAKES AND ALMOST HIT SOMEONE. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK FOUND FLUID LEAKING FROM BACK DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL. AFTER CLIMBING UNDER TRUCK FOUND ALL MY BRAKE LINES ARE EXTREMELY CORRODED. I LOOKED AT CARS THAT ARE WAY OLDER AND HAD A LOT MORE MILES IN MY AREA AND THEY HAVE NO CORROSION. I EXPECT CHEVROLET TO FIX ALL MY LINES AT THEIR COST BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NORMAL TO SEE WITH A VEHICLE WITH 55000 MILES AND TO FIX ONE LINE WILL NOT FIX ALL THE LINES ON THE TRUCK. *TR